Advertising machine



Patented June 1, 1926.

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Application filed. November The device forming the subject matter of this application is an advertising machine, and the invention aims to provide a mechanism of the sort above mentioned which is so constructed that advertising material, or articles, may be carried vertically by end less conveyors, continuously, before the eyes of passersby, nvel means being provided for operating the said conveyors,"

It is within the province ofthe disclosure to improve generally and to enhance the utility of devices o-f'that type to winch the invention appertains,

\Vith the above and other objects in View, which will appear as the description proceeds, the invention resides in the combination and arrangement of parts and in the details of construction hereinafter described and claimed, it being understood that, within the scope of what is claimed, changes 1n the precise embodiment of the invention shown, can be made, without departing from the spirit of the invention. i

In the accompanying drawings:

Figure 1 shows in elevation, a device constructed in accordance with the invention; Figure 2 is a vertical section on the line 22 of Figure 1, parts being in elevation; Figure 3 is a section on the line 3-3 of Figure 2; Figure 4 is a section taken on the line 4-4 of Figure 2; Figure 5 1s a sectlon on the line 5-5 of Figure 2; Figure 6 is a fragmental sectional view showing a portion of the cabinet; Figure 7 is an elevatlon elbowing another portion of the cabinet; Figure 8 is a sectional view disclosing one of the bearings.

The device forming the subject matter of this application may, if desired, be located in a cabinet 1, the cabinet being constructed as preferred. The cabinet may include a base 2 and a top 3 connect-ed by posts 4, 5, 6, and 7 the posts being, perhaps, in the form of angle members, the ends of the posts being received in recesses 8 (Figure 6) formed in the top 3 and in the base 2.v The posts 4-, 5, 6 and 7 have end walls 9, through which pass securing elements 10, connectlng the ends of the posts to the base 2 and to the top 3. The cabinet 1 embodies a rear door 11, which need not be transparent. side door is provided, the same comprising a frame 12 and a transparent panel 14. Through the instrumentality of a hinge l5,

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the doors 11 and 12 1a are connected to the corner post 7 of the cab net, for horiontal swinging movement. A side door is:

provided, the same including a frame 16 and a transparent panel 17. The front door of the cabinet embodies a frame 18 and a transparent panel '19, the doors 16-17 and 18 19 being connected by a hinge 20 to the post 5, the posts 5 and 7, and the corresponding hinges 2 0 and 15, beingdisposed diagonally with respect to each other as clearly shown in Figures 3 and 5. The frame 18 of the front door overlaps the edge of the frame 12 of the side door, and the frame of the rear door 11 overlaps the edge of the frame 1601 one side door. The doors may be held releasably in closed position, through the instrumentality of latch-es 21 on the doors, and clearly shown in Figure 7.

A. front bottom roller 22 is provided, and a top roller 23 is disposed above the bottom roller, an endless conveyor 24 passing about the rollers 22 and 23, the conveyor 24 being visible through the transparent panel 19 of the front door. A bottom roller 25 and a top roller 26 are supplied, and about them, an endless conveyor 27 extends, the conveyor being visible through the transparent panel 14: of one side door. A bottom roller 28 and top roller 29 are shown, an endless conveyor 30 being extended about the rollers and being visible through the transparent panel 17 of the other side door. The various rollers above specified have trunnions 31 mounted to rotate in bearings 32 on the posts, the rollers 25 and 26 being supported by the hearings, on the posts 4 and 7, the rollers 22 and 23 being journaled on the posts 4 and 5 and the rollers 28 and 29 being j0urnaled on the posts 5 and 6. The trunnions or shafts of the rollers 23 and 29, at the top of the cabinet 1 are connected by beveled pinions 23. Depending hangers 34: are mounted on the top 3 of the cabinet 1 and support a motor 35 which may be driven electrically or otherwise. The shaft of the motor 35 carries a pulley 36, about which is trained a belt 37 engaging a pulley 38 on a shaft 39, carried by a transverse frame 40 mounted on the posts 7 and 6 as shown in the rollers 25 and 28 at the bottom of the cabinet, as shown best in Figures 5 and 2.

In practical operation, the motor 35 drives the belt 37 by way of the pulley 36, rotation being imparted through the pulleys 38 and to the shaft 39, the belts 43 rotating the bottom rollers 25 and 28, motion being imparted to the corresponding endless conveyors 25 and From the roller 28, motion is trans initted by the conveyors 30 to the upper roller 29 and from that roller, motion is transmitted by the beveled pinions 33 to the top roller 23 and to the corresponding conveyors 2st. Noting Figiu'e 5 and taking the conveyor 27 as typical it will be observed that the frame 12 of the adjacent side door overlaps the edges of the conveyor 27. Consequently, the device presents a neat appearance, no ragged edges of the various conveyors being visible to a person peering through the transparent panels 14, 19 and 17.

Having thus described the invention, what I claim is In an advertising machine, a cabinet including a top, a base, posts connecting the ers of the first and second pairs and substantially at right angles thereto, endless conveyors engaged about the rollers of the pairs a hanger mounted upon the top of the cabinet, a motor carried by the hanger and disposed between two of the conveyors, interrneshing beveled pinions on the upper roller of the third pair and on the upper roller of the second pair. a member rotatable on the cabinet, diverging belt connections between said member and the lower rollers of the first and second pairs, and means for connecting the outer end of the motor operatively with the rotatable member.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own, I hereunto set my hand.

GEORGE M. RHONE. 

